diff --git a/mkht.php b/mkht.php
index be93b2e..d79fcdf 100755
--- a/mkht.php
+++ b/mkht.php
@@ -73,9 +73,13 @@ foreach($nodes as $node) {
 	copy($src, $target);
 	if ($node_info->getExtension() !== 'md')
 		continue;
-	$pages[] = $node;
 
 	preg_match('/(?<pagename>[-\w]+)(?:\.(?<lang>[a-z]{2}))?\.md/', $path_parts_src['basename'], $matches);
+	if ($matches['pagename'] === strtoupper($matches['pagename'])) // Ignore uppercase-only filenames (like README.md)
+		continue;
+
+	$pages[] = $node;
+
 	$lang = $matches['lang'] ?? $config['default-lang'] ?? exit('no language found for ' . $src . LF);
 
 	$pages_langs[$path_parts_src['dirname'] . '/' . $matches['pagename']][] = $lang;